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TIL that Hampshire college students spend the morning of Easter Sunday hunting for (and drinking) kegs of beer hidden in woods near the campus. It’s called the Easter Keg Hunt.

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VMNW8 TIL that Peter Gabriel intended for the 1986 song "In Your Eyes" to be the last track on his album "So", but due to the prominent bass line and the limitations of vinyl records, it had to be placed earlier on the record. This was rectified on the CD release of the album.
mEbp TIL prior to France’s collapse in WW2, a serious effort was made by Churchill, French Prime Minister Reynaud and Charles de Gaulle to combine France and Britain into one country. However, it was rejected by other French leaders who said being a Nazi province was better than being a British dominion
awrlZ TIL of Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic British artist who can draw a landscape from memory after seeing it just once. He can draw entire cities from memory, after just a single, short, helicopter ride. When he drew Rome, he drew the exact number of columns in the Pantheon
xVaQ1 TIL the $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher and 0% to the authors. If you email a researcher and ask for their paper, they are allowed to send them to you for free and will be genuinely delighted to do so.
X0k4k TIL that the longest criminal trial in Canada was when the company responsible for Caillou committed major accounting fraud.